The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly ...

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Dublin] AND THAT HIS OWN SON WILL SLAY HIM. 23
Hedes liete-ly on heght belielJ on a-sterne, • 678 [Foi. i.]
Of pQ whilke he hopyd in hys hert*
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somqwatt to knaw,
What euer he wilnet for to ^yete • hys wille all to-geder.
Jjen sayd alexander to fis atlieH • as he by hym stonnde*',
"What^ is JJB planett or pe poynt^ • yhe p-ke shewe ] " 684
" Jjat can I wele," quod J)is clerkc • " ellys couth I bott
lytyH
Noght bott shew ^ me now, sone qwen • fe soil is at rist^,
"When it is dryven to pe dirk & pe day • fynysliyt^,
And pn sail sorely fe same • see vfith fi eghen." 688
" Is oght \)i werd to pe wist*] " • quod pe wy l^an ;
" For pat I Couett to ken • if pn me kyth wold."
" Syr, sothly of myne awen son • slayn mon I Avorth,
So was [me] destinate to dy • done mony wyntcr." 692
Als tyte as anecfanabus fees aunters had '
tald,
Than turned he doufi from pe toure • to tote on pe sternes,
j)an ayres sir alexmider • aftir hys fader,
])at euer he come of hys kynde knew [he] fuH • lityH. 696
Jjus lede he forth is leue sonn • late on an euen,
Syland softly ]aim selfe • pe cyte wzt/i-owte,
Bownes faim vp to a brenke ' as pe buke tellys.
To pe bight of pe bye dyke & • to fe heuen watyfi. 700
" Alexancer, atheH sonn " • qiioi anec hys fader,
" Beyond be-hald ouer my bed & • see my bote werdez
Jje ilke sterne of eicules bowe egerly • it sorowez,
And how pe mode of mercury makys so mekyH Icy; 704
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Lo ! how gentyH lubiter how ioyfully he shynos,
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jpe Domes of my destany drawes vnto [me] swyth.
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MS. proposse. " sic; read sevr.